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1955 Wimbledon Championships | |
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Score | 7–5, 6–1 |
Draw | 48 (5 Q ) |
Seeds | 4 |
Louise Brough and Margaret duPont were the defending champions but did not compete.
Angela Mortimer and Anne Shilcock defeated Shirley Bloomer and Pat Ward in the final, 7–5, 6–1 to win the ladies' doubles tennis title at the 1955 Wimbledon Championships. [1] [2] To date it remains the last all-British women's doubles final. [3]
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